Me at-cutter



(No iModeL) P. DEISSLER.

MEAT CUTTER..-

. Patented N0vg30, 1886-.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER DEISSLER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

M EAT-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 353,483, dated November 30, 1.886.

Application filed July 22, 1886.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PETER Dnissnnn, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Meat-Cutters, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings,in which- Figure 1 represents an end view, partly broken away, .of a meat-cutter embodying my invention; Fig. 2, avertical section thereof in line a: 00, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a horizontal section of the casing in line :1 y, Fig. 1; and Fig. 4, a view of aportion of the forcing-cam and attached blade.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts in the several figures.

My invention relates to improvements in meat-cutters; and it consists in providing the opposite ends of the casing with removable caps, which form bearings for the forcingscrew, and may be tightly secured in position.

It further consists of the construction and combination of parts, as hereinafter fully set forth and claimed, whereby an effective and easily-operated device is produced.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a casing, which has connected with it the clamps B, or, in lieu thereof, suitable feet for securing the same in position. cam-shaped screw or forcing device, 0, whose pitch is irregular or cam-shaped, the face of the spiral portion of the screw being swelled, as at G, and the adjacent portions depressed, as at 0 Each end of the screw has a journal, D, and said screw has bearings in the caps G and H, by which it is supported in the casing A, and the outer face of the discharge end of said screw has shouldersE, against which abut the cutters or blades F of the device.

G represents a perforated cap, which is connected with the discharge end of the casing, and has a central opening to receive the adjacent journal of the screw, said cap constituting the bed or stationary knife of the device. Theopposite cap, H, has a central opening to receive the adjacent journal of the screw, said journal having attached to it a crank-handle for rotating purposes. l he caps are removable from the casing and formed with lugs J, which engage with spiral flanges K on the ends of the casing, so that when said caps Within the casing is a Serial No.208,718. (No model.)

tighten thereagainst, thus firmly holding the caps in position, it being noticed that the flanges K extend in opposite directions, or right and left, and thus are not loosened when the screw is rotating. r

The inner face of the bottom of the casing is formeu with a series of spiral grooves, A,

which terminate at the discharge end of said casing, and also with a tapering spiral throat, AT which extends into the wall of the hopper. It will be seen that when the screw or cam is rotated, and pieces of meat are introduced into the casing through the hopper, said pieces are received between the throat A and periphery of the screw and carried down said throat, thus advanced toward the knives and against the perforated cap. The knives now reach the meat and cut the same. The cut meat is then forced through the perforations of the cap and drops'thcrefronl into asuitable receptacle.

Owing to the shape of the'cam-screw, the meat is rolled into the perforations of the cap prior to the action of the knives, so that when the knife reaches the meat it cuts or minces the same in an eifective manner, it being seen that the meat is advanced first slowly by the depressed portion of the cam, then rapidly by the swell ot' the same, so that it is compressed against the perforated cap and then forced through the latter in a continuous stream, which readily disintegrates after it leaves the cap.

Owing to the grooves A, the meat is permitted to expand thereinto, thus preventing clogging of the casing and screw, and consequent difficulty of rotation of the screw or cam.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v 1. An improved meat-cutter having a casing with a spiral throat, A", and spiral grooves A, a forcing-screw with swelled portion 0, depressed adjacent portion O", and shoulders E, cutting-knives F, mounted substantially as described, perforated removable cap G, and removable cap H, all of said parts being combined and arranged substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A meat-cutter caslng having right and are rotated the lugs ride on the flanges and 4. A meat-cutter casing having right and left spiral flanges on the opposite ends thereof, caps with lugs adapted to tighten on said flanges, the said casing having a spiral throat leading from the hopper, and grooves in the walls thereof, all of said parts combined and arranged substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

' PETER DEISSLER. vVVitnessos:

JOHN A. 'WIEDERsHEIM, A. 1?. GRANT. 

